Action since last rankings:
1-9-09 Indiana gains commitment from Aaron Price.
1-10-09 Notre Dame loses commitment from Marlon Pollard.
1-11-09 Illinois gains commitment from Walt Aikens.
1-12-09 Wisconsin gains commitment from Conor O’Neal. Purdue gains commitment from Eric Williams.
1-13-09 Michigan State gains commitment from Dion Sims.

Movers & Shakers
The Big Ten has a newly-minted 5-star prospect in Ohio State’s Corey Brown. He had a good Army All-American game (consisting of one big touchdown catch and little else), and Rivals deemed him worthy of the coveted 5th star. Surprisingly, a similar honor was not bestowed upon Michigan’s Justin Turner, who was called by various outlets the top athletic cornerback in attendance, despite being the biggest of all. His physique makes him more of an outlier (in a positive way) at the corner position, and if Rivals ever moves him (as it is painfully clear they should, especially given the distribution of defensive backs in Michigan’s class), he could garner 5-star status there. If you compare Brown to Turner, absolute consensus (save Rival’s rankings) would have Turner far, far ahead of Brown. Notre Dame’s Cierre Wood lost his 5th star, and understandably so, as he looked entirely pedestrian in the Army game. In the Under Armour game, all three of Michigan’s commit had strong showings. I’m surprised to see Isaiah Bell not pick up a 4th star, though I can understand Craig Roh not getting another star (ESPN did, however, move him into the position of #67 prospect in the country). Penn State’s Glen Carson picked up a 4th star, and the remainder of changes were generally unevaluated (1-star) players getting ranked (2- or 3-stars).

New Rankings:

#1 Ohio State – 24 commits
LB	*****	Dorian Bell
CB	*****	Corey Brown
RB	****	Jaamal Berry
DE	****	Melvin Fellows
CB	****	CJ Barnett
WR	****	James Jackson
MLB	****	Storm Klein
MLB	****	Jordan Whiting
RB	****	Jordan Hall
OG	****	Corey Linsley
OT	****	Jack Mewhort
S	****	Jamie Wood
WR	****	Justin Green
RB	****	Carlos Hyde
WR	****	Chris Fields
CB	****	Dominic Clarke
WR	***	Duron Carter
DE	***	Jonathan Newsome
TE	***	Reid Fragel
DT	***	Adam Bellamy
FB	***	Adam Homan
LB	***	Zach Boren
OL	***	Sam Longo
DT	***	Johnny Simon

Up: Corey Brown (from 4*)

#2 Michigan – 20 commits
DT	*****	William Campbell
CB	****	Justin Turner
QB	****	Tate Forcier
OL	****	Taylor Lewan
RB	****	Fitzgerald Toussaint
S	****	Vladimir Emilien
WR	****	Jeremy Gallon
OL	****	Michael Schofield
DT	****	DeQuinta Jones
DE	****	Anthony LaLota
DE	****	Craig Roh
DT	****	Pearlie Graves
WR	****	Cameron Gordon
S	***	Isaiah Bell
RB	***	Teric Jones
S	***	Mike Jones
LB	***	Brandin Hawthorne
RB	***	Vincent Smith
S	***	Thomas Gordon
K	**	Brendan Gibbons

#3 Michigan State – 18 commits
RB	****	Edwin Baker
RB	****	Larry Caper
SLB	****	Chris Norman
OL	****	David Barrent
WR	****	Donald Spencer
DT	****	Blake Treadwell
QB	****	Andrew Maxwell
OL	****	Nate Klatt
LB	****	Jeremy Gainer
TE	****	Dion Sims
WR	***	Dana Dixon
LB	***	Tyquan Hammock
OL	***	Micajah Reynolds
WR	***	Patrick White
DE	***	Dan France
LB	***	Denicos Allen
WR	***	Bennie Fowler
TE	**	Derek Hoebing
DE	**	Corey Freeman

#4 Notre Dame – 17 commits
RB	****	Cierre Wood
WR	****	Shaquelle Evans
OL	****	Chris Watt
RB	****	Theo Riddick
DT	****	Tyler Stockton
OL	****	Alex Bullard
LB	****	Dan Fox
OL	****	Zach Martin
LB	****	Zeke Motta
S	***	Nyshier Oliver
S	***	EJ Banks
TE	***	Tyler Eifert
MLB	***	Carlo Calabrese
P	***	Ben Turk
K	**	Nicholas Tausch
TE	**	Jake Golic
OL	**	Jordan Cowart

Down: Cierre Wood (From 5*). Up: Jordan Cowart (From 1*)

#5 Penn State – 23 commits
QB	****	Kevin Newsome
LB	****	Gerald Hodges
OT	****	Eric Shrive
CB	****	Darrell Givens
DE	****	Sean Stanley
S	****	Derrick Thomas
LB	****	Glenn Carson
S	***	Stephen Obeng-Agyapong
S	***	Malcolm Willis
C	***	Ty Howle
CB	***	Stephon Morris
WR	***	Brandon Felder
OT	***	Adam Gress
OL	***	Nate Cadogan
RB	***	Curtis Dukes
ATH	***	Devon Smith
K	***	Anthony Fera
QB	**	Curtis Drake
OG	**	Frank Figueroa
WR	**	Christian Kuntz
OT	**	Mark Arcidiacono
DE	**	Garry Gilliam
DE	**	Jordan Hill

Up: Glenn Carson (From 3*)

#6 Illinois – 20 commits
WR	****	Kraig Appleton
DT	****	Lendell Buckner
OT	****	Leon Hill
QB	****	Nathan Scheelhaase
RB	****	Bud Golden
WR	****	Terry Hawthorne
DE	****	Craig Drummond
OL	***	Jamar Bass
OL	***	Andrew Carter
OL	***	Aaron Gress
FB	***	Greg Fuller
OL	***	Hugh Thornton
DT	***	Tank Carradine
WR	***	Steve Hull
S	***	Tommie Hopkins
CB	**	Joelil Thrash
OL	**	Jake Feldmeyer
LB	**	Darryl Lee
TE	**	Justin Lattimore
DE	**	Tom Kynard
Ath	**	Walt Aikens

Up: Tommie Hopkins (From 2*), Tom Kynard (From 1*)

#7 Wisconsin – 18 commits
DT	****	Jared Kohout
DE	****	Shelby Harris
DE	****	David Gilbert
RB	****	Montee Ball
LB	***	Conor O’Neill
DE	***	Tyler Dippel
OG	***	Ryan Groy
QB	***	Jon Budmayr
OT	***	Zac Matthias
TE	***	Brian Wozniak
MLB	***	Chris Borland
OL	***	Travis Frederick
LB	***	AJ Fenton
WR	***	Jeff Duckworth
DE	***	Pat Muldoon
OL	**	Casey Dehn
S	**	Jason Peprah
CB	**	Darious Thomas
DT	**	Conor O’Neal

Wisconsin has 2 commits with the same name. How’s that for a mindtrip?

#8 Minnesota – 19 commits
RB	****	Hasan Lipscomb
WR	****	Hayo Carpenter
CB	****	Taikwon Paige
QB	***	Moses Alipate
C	***	Ed Olsen
OT	***	Josh Campion
WR	***	Victor Keise
OL	***	Brooks Michel
LB	***	Kendell Gregory-McGhee
DB	***	Kerry Lewis
TE	***	Ra’Shede Hageman
DT	***	Joey Searcy
DE	***	Matt Garin
OL	***	Jeff Wills
S	***	Kenny Watkins
Ath	***	Bryant Allen
LB	***	Brent Singleton
DE	**	Nick Rengel
K	**	Dan Orseske

#9 Indiana – 14 commits
QB	***	Edward Wright-Baker
DT	***	Adam Replogle
WR	***	Jamonne Chester
WR	***	Duwyce Wilson
OL	***	Charles Chapman
QB	***	Dustin Kiel
OL	***	Colin Rodkey
CB	***	Lawrence Barnett
K	***	Mitch Ewald
S	***	Nick Zachery
S	***	Demetrius Carr
S	***	Ted Bolser
OL	***	Pat McShane
DE	**	Javon Cornley
OL	**	Aaron Price

#10 Northwestern – 16 commits
OL	****	Patrick Ward
QB	***	Evan Watkins
RB	***	Mike Trumpy
DE	***	Anthony Battle
LB	***	Will Studlien
OL	***	Taylor Paxton
DB	***	Davion Fleming
RB	***	Arby Fields
LB	***	Roderick Goodlow
OL	**	Brian Smith
WR	**	Drew Moulton
LB	**	Tim Riley
LB	**	Tyler Scott
DE	**	John Plasencia
K	**	Jeff Budzein
S	**	Cooper Gerami

Up: Cooper Gerami (From 1*).

#11 Purdue – 17 commits
RB	****	Al-Terek McBurse
DT	***	Eric McDaniel
DE	***	Shayon Green
TE	***	Gabrison Holmes
WR	***	Xavier Reese
DE	***	Antwon Higgs
WR	***	Eric Williams
DT	**	Cody Davis
DE	**	Trevor Foy
S	**	Ishmael Aristide
WR	**	Gary Bush
QB	**	Rob Henry
WR	**	Josh Johnson
DT	**	Brandon Taylor
DB	**	Chris Quinn
DT	**	Xavier Melton
DE	**	Justin Kitchens
QB	*	Najee Tyler

Up: Najee Tyler (From 1).

#12 Iowa – 12 commits
WR	****	Keenan Davis
RB	****	Brandon Wegher
WR	***	Jordan Cotton
FB	***	Brad Rogers
OL	**	Drew Clark
DT	**	Scott Covert
OL	**	Brett Van Sloten
TE	**	Anthony Schiavone
LB	**	Tyler Harrell
LB	**	Shane DiBona
LB	**	Martin Hopkins
CB	**	Joshua Brown

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